Determinants of poverty risk in the Philippines
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2014-12
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This study used food expenditure pattern in order to identify socioeconomic
and demographic factors that would be used as determinants of food poverty at a
household level. Using data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2009
and employing Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression Model, this study tested the
factors that significantly affect food expenditure pattern ofhouseholds. The results of
the OLS test were then fed into a Binary Logistic Regression Model (Logit) to
determine if the said factors were also significant determinants of food poverty
likelihood. Socioeconomic and demographic variables considered in the study were
income, household composition, location (region and urbanity), and household head
characteristics such as age, gender, marital status, employment, and educational
attainment. All variables included except for household head age were statistically
significant and showed the expected effects in determining food expenditure pattern.
However, household head gender and marital status appeared to be insignificant in
determining household poverty probability. Based on the results, this study
recommends that policies for poverty and hunger alleviation should consider the
significant characteristics in targeting the recipients of policies to be implemented,
including family planning and responsible parenthood policies, better education and
more employment which indirectly improve the food status of households.
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expenditure pattern, Family income, food poverty